Mocilla

• a Roman surname, e. g. L. Julius Mocilla, Nep. Att. 11.

a man of praetorian rank, who espoused the republican party after the death of Julius Caesar, and fought in the army of Cassius and Brutus at the battle of Philippi (B. C. 42). After the loss of that battle he fled to Samothrace, with his son and others of his party, and their wants were supplied by Pomponius Atticus, who sent from Epeirus every thing that they needed. (Corn. Nep. Attic. 11.)